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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

A tour full of rainbows, sperm whales, a sei whale, bottlenose dolphins and common dolphins

This morning we had another great tour which was full of rainbows from the start of the tour right through the end, and of course many cetaceans too. During this tour we saw our resident sperm whales (we sighted two adults together with a calf) and we also had a bonus encounter with a sei whale that was passing through the area. We also encountered a small group of bottlenose dolphins and a much larger group of at least 150 common dolphins. Our trip ended perfectly with an amazing view of a double rainbow of which the bottom one was very brightly coloured and seemed to wrap around our boat as we passed through it.

Rainbow while heading offshore from the marina

Watching common dolphins

Watching common dolphins

Watching common dolphins

Common dolphins racing our boat as we left them

Sei whale

Sei whale

Sperm whale

Watching one of the sperm whales

One of our biologists, Laura, explaining more about the species we sighted

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Futurismo has 25 years of experience whale watching and swimming with dolphins in the Azores. We operate tours from São Miguel Island on a year-round basis.

The Azores islands are famous for being one of the world's whale watching hotspots. Here we can see at least 27 species of whales and dolphins, the most noteable being the resident sperm whale. Discover the secrets of the Azores with us, both out on the ocean and on land.

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